Soap

Diane dressed up as an orange net body pouf for a Halloween Party. It made me think how much things have changed, even in our bath procedures. The first soap I remember using was a bar of Ivory and, of course, every kid's hair was washed with Johnson and Johnson's "No Tears"

shampoo.

At Grandma Santa's, they used Life Buoy soap and Prell shampoo. Grandpa Joe also had a

bar of Lava soap in the kitchen and one in the bathroom. When we lived on Winona, we didn't have a shower so it was a triple thrill to bathe at Grandma's. We got to use orange soap, green shampoo and stand under the shower. I think Life Buoy was the first deodorant soap and it was

a long time before we were glad we used Dial soap and wished everybody did. "Zestfully clean"

came much later on the scrubbing time line.

My Aunt Barbara engaged in exotic cleansing. She never used soap on her face. She slathered

Noxzema on her face before she went to school and before bed. She rinsed the goop off with

cold water. Every time I saw her do it, I was mesmerized.

To keep me from trying to see every move she made, Barb taught me how to make Kleenex

carnations by folding one in pleats, accordion style, putting a bobbie pin down the middle,

tearing off each side, and separating each layer into a pouf. Ah, so, we have come full circle,

again, from net pouf to Kleenex pouf.